Article 2 Transfer of staff and assessors

(1)

Except in the case of a person to whom paragraph (2) below applies, a person who immediately before the transfer date is an employee of CCETSW and whose employment would have continued but for the coming into force of section 70(1) of the Act, section 67 of the Scottish Act or section 17 of the Health and Personal Social Services Act shall on the transfer date transfer to—

(a)

the English Council, if his place of work is situate in England;

(b)

the Care Council for Wales, if his place of work is situate in Wales;

(c)

the Scottish Council, if his place of work is situate in Scotland;

(d)

the Northern Ireland Council, if his place of work is situate in Northern Ireland.

(2)

This paragraph applies^f1 to any person who—

(a)

is employed for any purpose specified in article 7 below; or

(b)

elects before the transfer date not to transfer to the New Body.

(3)

In the case of a person appointed by CCETSW as an external assessor, his appointment shall have effect as from the transfer date as if originally made between that person and the New Body in whose area the person conducted assessments before the transfer date.

(4)

Where before the transfer date a person conducted assessments in the area of more than one New Body, that person shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph (3) above as being separately appointed by each New Body in whose area those assessments were conducted.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Sections 114 and 115 of the Care Standards Act 2000 also apply to the transfer of staff.